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Assessing / On fait l'bilan, calmement

Written by Matrix team at 23:33 29/8-2019

   After changing our aims a long time ago (during season 39), time has come to see if it was worth it. Not saying i won't keep my new goals of course.
  
   Already 10 seasons has passed, avoiding TT races which always were the races we targeted and aiming for CL and HL Tours.
  Riders changed too, releasing Tters to strengthen the climbing squad.
  
  Numbers. Because enventually, only numbers count :
  -16 new jerseys ! (11 GC / 5 YC)
  -GC wins in 3 new Tours (Norway, Fast on Wheels and Monte Rosa Tour)
  -21 tours' stages victories
  
   Knowing we lost some Tours for 1 or even 0 seconds, that with 3 injured TM Staal ended 2nd in Norway Tour GC, or that by mistake i did not signed up in GdM season 49 when Orre would have been a huge favorite, those numbers could have been even better !
  However, Matrix Team board remain more than happy !
  
   Unfortunatly i can't announce what next seasons will look like, because further goals depends on incoming results, but if everything goes well, i should be able to participate to GdM, ERDT, Norway and RotM.
  Hoping i will soon collect the gold tour contender achievement, and of course new jerseys too !
   And to achieve this, we recently had quite a lot of luck with 3 new Tour captains we trained : Staal, Giofriola and Isleikursson, who could bring us glory for the next seasons !
  
  
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   Après un changement de cap assez radical opéré il y a maintenant plusieurs saisons (au cours de la saison 39), il est désormais temps de faire un bilan, sans que cela n'annonce un nouveau revirement bien entendu.
  
   10 saisons pleines se sont donc écoulées, durant lesquelles nous avons basculé des courses CLM, qui étaient notre principal objectif, aux plus de tours possibles axés soit HL soit CL.
   L'effectif a lui aussi évolué, assez lentement, en se séparant au fur et à mesure des coureurs CLM, pour étoffer les renforts en montagne.
  
  Sur un plan plus comptable, voici donc quelques chiffres éloquents :
  -16 nouveaux maillots dans la salle des trophées ! (11 GC et 5 YC)
  -Des victoires inédites dans 3 nouveaux Tours (Norway, Fast on Wheels et Monte Rosa)
  -21 victoires d'étapes
  
   Quand on sait que certains Tours ont été perdus pour 1 voir 0 secondes ! Ou qu'avec 3 équipiers blessés Staal finit quand même 2ème du général, ou que par bêtise j'ai raté une inscription pour un tour dont Orre était le favori, on peut se dire que ces chiffres auraient pu être encore meilleurs.
  Néanmoins, difficile de ne pas se satisfaire de tels résultats.
  
   Je ne peux malheureusement pas annoncer à l'avance mes futurs objectifs, car plannifier un calendrier dépendant très fortement des résultats à venir est compliqué, mais dans l'idée pour cette saison j'espère pouvoir enchainer GdM, ERDT, Norway and RotM.
  A court terme j'espère bien sûr remplir d'avantage ma salle des trophées et accessoirement obtenir le badge or de Tour Contender, entre autre.
   Et pour ce faire, dernièrement la chance nous a particulièrement souri avec l'entrainement de 3 jeunes talents qui pourraient nous permettre de briller durant de longues saisons : Staal, Giofriola et Isleikursson. En espérant qu'ils sauront apporter leur pierre à l'édifice.
  
  RDV dans 10 saisons pour un nouveau bilan ^^

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Comments


Matrix team at 15:17 4/9-2019
  Et 2 maillots de plus ! La saison commence bien, espérons que ça continue comme ça

Rantanplan at 17:48 30/8-2019
  C'est le parti que j(ai pris depuis la fin de saison dernière, je vais être patient. ;)

Matrix team at 16:47 30/8-2019
  ça viendra, faut bien se préparer et oublier le classement parfois, c'est le prix à payer

Rantanplan at 00:09 30/8-2019
   Féliciyations pour les nouveaux maillots, mon vestiaire est toujours vide !

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